On August 23, 2021, at the headquarters of the FBA EAC on Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya, 17, negotiations were held between the General Director of FBA EAC Oleg Berezovoy, the head of the German company Hawle Armaturen GmbH Michael Herbek and the head of the Croatian company Metalska Industrija Varaždin Krešimir Kranjčec. During the meeting, the issues of international cooperation of the companies were discussed. The heads of the companies showed interest in working in the Eurasian Economic Space and in the countries, where the FBA EAC Representative Offices are present. The meeting was also attended by Damir Pokupec, Honorary Consul of the Consulate of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Croatia.